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As another Christmas approaches, we all know that is a reminder of another significant tax return deadline that we have to meet.

And then there were… the Paradise Papers! I wasn’t sure I wanted to write about them since it is hard to think of anything particularly original to say.

As we approach the January deadline, getting things off our to-do list and passing them back to our clients as quickly as possible can be a tempting prospect.

It’s the time when my children (now teenagers) seem to forget they’re growing up and still look forward opening the windows on the advent calendar – no doubt motivated by the sliver of chocolate wh

The fundamental principle of VAT (so much so that it is the basis of the name of the tax) is that each party in a chain of supplies is required to hand over the tax in relation to the extent to whi

On 13 July 2017, after representations from many professional bodies and stakeholders (including CIOT, ATT and LITRG), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mel Stride, announced a relaxation in

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has focused heavily on offshore matters in recent years, but believes that a huge amount of tax remains uncollected.

Clause 64 of the Finance Bill, which is now awaiting its second reading in the House of Lords on the 15th November and is expected to get Royal Assent before the Autumn Budget in November 2017, wil

Windy autumn is a period when tax advisers and taxpayers hang on to their macs and hats as they go about visiting one another, to ensure things are in place for the run up to the end of the busines

We keep hearing about the pace of change so this month I thought we might take a (slightly) light-hearted look at the possible world of a tax adviser in 2030.